“When you say everyone was doing Johnny Carson, I want to give credit to Kevin Spacey. Kevin and I both do a really good Johnny Carson. Everyone else was just being kind of silly, except for Gabriel Byrne, who was fascinated…”

“So Kevin and I teaching Gabriel Byrne how to do Johnny Carson was one of my favorite things. It’s difficult to re-enact without swearing.”

Pollak goes on to explain that Byrne would constantly bail, in frustration, and start cussing. He also noted that both he and Dana Carvey have no problem admitting that they learned how to imitate Carson from watching the way Canadian funnyman Rich Little did it. Listen to the full Treatment conversation here.